The Pioneers made 6 of 9 3-pointers in the second half. Junior Chase Hallam’s back-to-back treys in about a two-minute stretch late in the game sealed the game.

UW made only 1 of 13 from behind the arc.

There has to be something about this building because in its last four games here dating back to 2006 UW is a combined 5 of 38 from 3-point range. The last time it played here it didn’t make a 3 in an 80-77 loss.

Junior forward Leonard Washington was impressive with 18 points and nine rebounds. But everyone else was kept in check by Denver’s defense. Senior Francisco Cruz had 11 points, but had a team-high four turnovers.

Still, UW has yet to allow a team to score more than 58 points this season. But it needs to improve offensively, and coach Larry Shyatt said he needs to find more ways for his guys to get open shots prior to Thursday’s game at Idaho State.

See Tuesday’s Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang for more from the game.

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At this point Wyoming looks as if it is the second best team in the region behind Denver. Victories earlier over UNC and CU were good indicators of the program’s strength regionally this year. Based on what I have seen and read of CSU and AFA, it appears Wyoming is better than those two this year. One school I wonder whether Wyoming could defeat is Metro St, who is the second ranked school nationally in Div II. I will be looking forward to an extensive analysis by Editor Gagliardi on how Wyoming stands relative to other MWC schools with conference play beginning in about three weeks. I believe a first division finish for Wyoming is likely, behind only UNLV, SDS, and N Mex; and ahead of CSU, BSU, AFA, and TCU.

It will be tough for Wyoming to beat SDSU, New Mexico and UNLV. Games with CSU and AF should be good. Not sure if Wyoming will beat them, but they should be competitive games. Not sure what to think about TCU and Boise State yet.